Postgraduate Course: Sustainable Theory and Contexts (ARCH11038)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course engages with current sustainable thinking and how this manifests itself in the built environment.
It examines architecture and the environmental movement in terms of social, economic and environmental criteria and how this can affect architectural response at regional and city scales. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |
| Assessment (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course will be assessed in three ways:
1. Student seminar presentations (20% of your final mark)
Further details regarding this will be posted in the assessment information section of the course webCT site.
2. An assignment undertaken in a group. (30% of your final mark)
Further details regarding this will be posted in the assessment information section of the course webCT site.
3. A research assignment (50% of your final mark)
Further details regarding this will be posted in the assessment information section of the course webCT site. |
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Learning Outcomes
An ability to critically assess sustainability as a cultural, economic and environmental phenomenon.
Comprehension of the cultural, historic and scientific roots of environmental thought.
The application of sustainable theory to built environment contexts.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | sustainable theory contexts city environmental |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr John Brennan
Tel: (0131 6)50 2324
Email: John.Brennan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Susan Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5743
Email: Susan.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk |
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